Abstract
Paenibacillus senegalensis strain JC66T, is the type strain of Paenibacillus senegalensis sp. nov., a new species within the genus Paenibacillus. This strain, whose genome is described here, was isolated from the fecal flora of a healthy patient. P. senegalensis strain JC66T is a facultative Gram-negative anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 5,581,254 bp long genome (1 chromosome but no plasmid) exhibits a G+C content of 48.2% and contains 5,008 protein-coding and 51 RNA genes, including 9 rRNA genes.
Highlights
Paenibacillus senegalensis strain JC66T (= CSUR P157 = DSM 25958) is the type strain of P. senegalensis sp. nov
The twelve JC66T spectra were imported into the MALDI Bio Typer software and analyzed by standard pattern matching against the main spectra of 3,769 bacteria, including spectra from 121 validated Paenibacillus species used as reference data, in the Bio Typer database
The organism was selected for sequencing on the basis of its phylogenetic position and 16S rRNA similarity to other members of the genus Paenibacillus, and is part of a “culturomics” study of the human digestive flora aiming at isolating all bacterial species occurring in human feces
Summary
This bacterium was isolated from the stool of a healthy Senegalese patient as part of a “culturomics” study aiming at cultivating all species within human feces, individually. It is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, indolenegative rod. We recently proposed to include genomic data among other criteria to describe new bacterial species, rather than relying on the poorly reproducible DNA-DNA hybridization and G+C content determination [1]. Strain JC66T together with the description of the complete genomic sequencing and annotation These characteristics support the creation of the P. senegalensis species. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of isolation of Paenibacillus sp. from the normal fecal flora
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